Bassia scoparia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bassia scoparia
    n 1: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red
         in autumn [syn: {summer cypress}, {burning bush}, {fire
         bush}, {fire-bush}, {belvedere}, {Bassia scoparia}, {Kochia
         scoparia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

firebush \firebush\ n.
   1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
      jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
      grown as an ornamental or houseplant.

   Syn: marmalade bush, {Streptosolen jamesonii}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. A densely branched Eurasian plant ({Bassia scoparia})
      whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
      {burning bush}.

   Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
        scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
        [WordNet 1.5]